Regarding the shear bolts - I "dremeled" a slot in each one with a
cutoff wheel to make them into what are essentially slotted screws.
Still not easy while upside down (wear safety glasses!) but it seemed
like a good idea at the time...
Jay
'73 TR6
On Aug 9, 2005, at 6:56 PM, acekraut11@aol.com wrote:
> Stan,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I suspect I have done what you advise not to
> do, which is:
>
> "while you are manhandling this
> thing there is a tendency for the upper part to become loose and
> rotate
> and I don't know of any way to fix that"
>
> At this point the next step will be to remove the whole column and
> work on it outside the car. Unfortunately, my car does have the
> sheer bolts. I guess Triumph was afraid the car might be stolen?
> I have read the description in Bentley of how to remove these,
> which was to use a small chisel to remove the sheer bolts which
> sounds like sheer nonsense since you would have to be doing the
> work through the tach opening. Certainly not much room for that.
> If that doesnt work they want you to drill the bolts out. Not sure
> how you are supposed to do that under the dash. Any brilliant,
> simple suggestions.
>
> I am hopeful that whatever I have done to this point can be
> corrected without too much problem. Thanks for your assistance.
>
> Aaron
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